One of the best design write ups I've read in long time.
They nailed the fundamentals first, then moved on to the surprise and delight features. I believe that is fundamental for anyone doing UX/Design. I've seen way to many companies try to gamify or add silly features to improve the user experience, when in fact it ends up doing the opposite.
By understanding the problem, you can bring multiple people together to figure out how to solve it. We all have different skillsets and sometimes the best solution isn't in our skill set or is a combination of skill sets.
I see this with my boss. He always brings feature request to me and we have to work backward to get to the problem. Then we usually come up with a simpler solution once we understand the problem.
Thanks for sharing your story. I think there are a lot of people out there like me not looking to be a unicorn company, but would love to be the next VidaliaOnions.com
Adding some color and better labeling would be good. Also I would have a confirmation dialog box to confirm what will happen when the button is pressed.
The odds are stacked against us. Working in the nutrition and fitness space has really opened my eyes into how poor nutrition over time really starts impacting lives. Even people who don't eat 'bad', still are having lots of health issues. So much sugar and other stuff in foods that are typically billed as healthy.
I'll have to check out those books, they sound really interesting. You might want to check out the book "The Case Against Sugar", it tells the story of sugar and is really interesting.
It would nice to see other people start creating quality content or shows that could really connect with people. Heck, there is probably a lot of good content already online that I don't know about it. But, I really like what revision3 is doing by creating and I hope they can add more shows.
They nailed the fundamentals first, then moved on to the surprise and delight features. I believe that is fundamental for anyone doing UX/Design. I've seen way to many companies try to gamify or add silly features to improve the user experience, when in fact it ends up doing the opposite.